[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, 10th April 2022]
His Excellency Justin Sun, Permanent Representative of Granada to the WTO and founder of TRON, has purchased a unique NFT art collection of “Twelve Digital Zodiac Heads” for over $1.5 on March 31st. million in the Twelve Digital Zodiac Heads Special Auction organized by Metapoly XM, a brand under Poly Auction (Xiamen).
The set of crypto artifacts takes inspiration from the Chinese zodiac. After the auction, Sun said it plans to donate the collection in the near future to a wider audience’s appreciation.
One of the animal heads will be listed for auction on the APENFT marketplace and offered as a rare, special breed horse at Win NFT HORSE, a horse racing game co-launched by the APENFT Foundation and WINKLink on the TRON blockchain Will go
The twelve zodiac animals are an important symbol of Chinese culture and its mythology. Each newborn is given an auspicious animal on the basis of their birth year. These animals are irreplaceable traces that each Chinese follow throughout their lives. They serve as a bond to maintain national pride and a connection to their shared Chinese heritage. The twelve Old Summer Palace bronze heads are the rarest of all physical incarnations of these symbols.
The gathering of the Twelve Bronze Heads in the Metaverse is another major effort by digital technology on the Blockchain, as well as in the cultural and artistic realm. In the context of social informatization and digitization, digital promotion and preservation of traditional culture will adopt wide applications to reproduce time-honored artworks in the digital world and to diversify people’s experience in art appreciation.
As a pioneer in digital technology, Surya also has a huge influence in the field of top art collections. Through accessing myriad artworks by both art masters and emerging digital artists across major trading platforms, Sun has managed to build an impressive portfolio encompassing art, investing, finance and more. His collection includes works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Giacometti, Beaple and Pak, the latter two being the two most valuable crypto artists worldwide.
In addition, Sun has donated many famous works, including Le Nez and Femme nuecouchee au Collier (Marie-Therese) to organizations such as the APENFT Foundation to support the development of digital art. The APENFT marketplace testnet was recently launched on TRON.
APENFT. About this
Officially registered in Singapore on March 29, 2021, APENFT is backed by the underlying technology of the TRON blockchain, with the added support of BitTorrent File System (BTFS), the world’s largest distributed storage system. At the core of our mission, APENFT aims to facilitate the maker economy while catalyzing both financial and cultural inclusion in the metaverse. Our vision is to seamlessly integrate both the virtual and real worlds.
APENFT Foundation is the first NFT art foundation in the world to realize crossover buying. We aim to bridge the conversation between stakeholders in the traditional art world and the emerging digital arts community around NFT, promoting inclusivity and diversity, broadening our multimedia audience and increasing engagement for all members. In the future, our collection will be made available to the entire community through a series of curated online exhibitions in the Metaverse.
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